Philip Arestis, University Director of Research, Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and Fellow, Wolfson College, UK, Andrew Brown, Lecturer in Economics and Malcolm Sawyer, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Leeds, UK

'The Euro provides a concise, useful overview of the evolution of European economic integration, and the political and economic challenges that it faces. Highly readable, it is appropriate for scholars and students interested in understanding the history of the Euro and the debates and challenges surrounding it. . . this work helps establish the Euro as an important integrationist event in world monetary history.'

• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. From Common Market to EMU: An Historical Perspective on European Economic and Monetary Integration 3. The Conditions Surrounding the Launch of the Euro 4. Monetary and Financial Arrangements Accompanying the Euro 5. Channels of Monetary Policy and Implications for the Euro 6. The Causes of Euro Instability Bibliography Index

Philip Arestis, University Director of Research, Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and Fellow, Wolfson College, UK, Andrew Brown, Lecturer in Economics and Malcolm Sawyer, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Leeds, UK

'The Euro provides a concise, useful overview of the evolution of European economic integration, and the political and economic challenges that it faces. Highly readable, it is appropriate for scholars and students interested in understanding the history of the Euro and the debates and challenges surrounding it. . . this work helps establish the Euro as an important integrationist event in world monetary history.'

• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. From Common Market to EMU: An Historical Perspective on European Economic and Monetary Integration 3. The Conditions Surrounding the Launch of the Euro 4. Monetary and Financial Arrangements Accompanying the Euro 5. Channels of Monetary Policy and Implications for the Euro 6. The Causes of Euro Instability Bibliography Index

Philip Arestis, University Director of Research, Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and Fellow, Wolfson College, UK, Andrew Brown, Lecturer in Economics and Malcolm Sawyer, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Leeds, UK

'The Euro provides a concise, useful overview of the evolution of European economic integration, and the political and economic challenges that it faces. Highly readable, it is appropriate for scholars and students interested in understanding the history of the Euro and the debates and challenges surrounding it. . . this work helps establish the Euro as an important integrationist event in world monetary history.'

• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. From Common Market to EMU: An Historical Perspective on European Economic and Monetary Integration 3. The Conditions Surrounding the Launch of the Euro 4. Monetary and Financial Arrangements Accompanying the Euro 5. Channels of Monetary Policy and Implications for the Euro 6. The Causes of Euro Instability Bibliography Index